We have applied bioluminescent ATP detection
methods to microbial enumeration in Antarctic Dry Valley
mineral soils, and validated our ATP data by two independent
methods. We have demonstrated that ATP measurement
is ...

The discovery of extensive and complex hypolithic communities in both cold and hot deserts has raised many questions regarding their ecology, biodiversity and relevance in terms of regional productivity. However, most ...

Our results allow us to conclude that there
appears to be significant conservation
between the tuf genes of Planococcus,
Planomicrobium and Staphylococcus
spp., and that although the primer set
TstaG422/TStag765 has ...

PCR-based technologies are widely employed for the detection of specific microorganisms, and may be applied to the identification of non-indigenous microorganisms in ‘pristine’ environments. For ‘pristine’ environments ...